There’s a long and venerable history of the AIP diet that stretches back into the 1970’s, where researchers proposed that a “stone age” diet would help eliminate the systemic inflammation that factory food causes. Whether their reasoning was correct, or whether they’re correct for other reasons – well, they’re correct. The AIP diet has become the definitive go-to diet for any health reset. In my opinion, it’s better than Keto – it’s low-maintenance, and many people I’ve talked to find that they maintain ketosis, or at least cyclical ketosis (which in my opinion is generally better anyways) on AIP.
AIP has a relatively small learning curve: there’s categories of foods that are no-go, and yes-go. Once you get the idea (and maybe after a few tries at googling, “Is [XYZ food] AIP compliant”), it’s pretty easy: you start to shop AIP-only foods, and have your go-to AIP complaint meals. AIP is also self-promoting – you quickly realize it’s well worth it, not just because maybe-possibly-someday-this might be better for me when I’m 80 years old, but actually now I feel better – I sleep better, I’m more relaxed, I have more mental clarity, etc.
For that reason, even if you believe you have no health discrepancies, I’d highly recommend the AIP diet – it’s extremely educational, and I guarantee that, if you’ve never done it before, you’ll come away with a more personalized understanding of your diet.
Because you’ll need a reference, I’ve included a printable sheet, rather than including it here in an article (see below).
